About Astrotec

ASTROTEC is a new firm providing services to the energy industry in Brazil. Operating in connection with both renewable energy and oil and natural gas, it conducts opportunity studies for Brazilian and other firms intending to operate in the energy sector in Brazil.

These studies include all the analysis of opportunity scenarios in the energy industry in Brazil; support for internalisation by foreign suppliers wanting to establish a representation office, service affiliate or even goods production and manufacturing facilities in Brazil; analysis of the tax, labour and regulatory structure for the area in question; as well as coordinating supply of training for the new firm’s staffs. We also offer foreign firms technical, commercial, legal and financial analyses to assist them in identifying Brazilian firms for potential partnering.

ASTROTEC is headed by Paulo Sergio Rodrigues Alonso, an engineer who made his career in Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), where he served for 41 years, occupying a range of leading managerial positions in Refining, Procurement, Gas and Energy and the company Presidency. Mr. Alonso also pursues academic activities as Associate Professor of Engineering at Rio de Janeiro State University, where he has worked also for the past 41 years, and as Collaborator Professor on the Masters and Doctoral Production Engineering Programmes at Rio de Janeiro Federal University (COPPE-UFRJ).